Lioness;Panthera leo) drinking from a waterhole by night, Shompole wilderness, Shompole Community, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

panthera leo lion panthera leo natural area savanna adult alone tongue drink to outdoor front shot overview reflection night carnivore diet watering place panthera thirst east african rift valley pair bank rive vulnerable iucn) vu puddle cites appendix 2 lioness august private reserve water surface black background nobody shompole conservancy lions nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems savannas adults single lonely only solo one lone tongues drinking lap lapping drunk outdoors outsides outside front views front sights front sight front shots front view overviews global sight global sights full length reflections mirror image reflected reflecting nights nightime carnivorous animal carnivores diet carnivorous animals meat eating animal meat eating animals backwaters watering places backwater waterhole waterholes thirsting great rift valley rift valley duet pairs duets 2 two water edge banks rive water edges vulnerable species puddles lionesses private reserves water surfaces watersurface watersurfaces black backgrounds with nobody big cat wildcat feline carnivoran mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal naturalness area low formation stage of development individual enumeration morphology zoology morphology organism feeding behaviour behavior shot light effect ambiance diet pattern species freshwater wetland area felidae carnivora mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota fracture geology landform earth's crust threatened endangered species iucn red list of threatened species artificial wetland area convention on international trade in endangered species of wild cites female natural reserve environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment water matter matter substance rift valley province kenya east africa africa